Re: [gtk-osx-users] Module From Scratch - Dependencies

[David Lowe <doctorjlowe twc com>]

On 2017 May 17, at 20:01, John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us> wrote:

> Yes, atk is part of meta-gtk-osx-core and meta-gtk-osx-gtk3. atk1 isn't, but it's probably just a Finkism 
> for atk. There are a bunch of those in your list, including anything ending with "dev" and anything with a 
> version. jhbuild builds libraries from source so you always get the headers along with the libraries. Grep 
> for only the project name, e.g. 'gtk+'--or better 'id=".*gtk+.*"'. To see what will build when you specify 
> a meta-module, list the module: `jhbuild list meta-gtk-osx-core`.

        Good to know.

> Beware when porting from Fink that (last I checked, anyway) Fink builds only X11 variants and gtk-osx 
> builds only Quartz variants. If the application you're trying to port uses X11 or Xft directly (bypassing 
> gtk) then it won't build under gtk-osx. MacPorts supports both so its package file for the app might be a 
> better starting point.

        I *think* it’ll work w/o X11, as we recently added a QT frontend.  I’ll check, though.

> Aside from those two, gtk-osx doesn't have modules for glitz, sdl, sdl-mixer, or libcurl. The rest will be 
> built by bootstrap, meta-gtk-osx-bootstrap, meta-gtk-osx-freetype, and meta-gtk-osx-core. 

        Beautiful, that’s exactly what i was looking for.

> And BTW, gtk-osx is focussed on developers who want to ship their own applications as Mac application 
> bundles. It's not intended for users who simply want to run some random Linux app on their Macs: That's 
> what Homebrew and MacPorts are for.

        Understood; the Fink package is sufficient for my needs.  I am here on behalf of the Freeciv project 
as we would like to be able to distribute a Mac binary.